Overwatch DOWN - PS4 and Xbox One shooter NOT WORKING, as gamers unable to login

OVERWATCH DOWN UPDATE 2

Having initially been fixed, hundreds of US and Australian based Overwatch players are now experiencing the same issues that were hitting European players this morning.

The North American support account for Blizzard on Twitter has recently posted:

"OW issues are being looked into. No ETA at the moment. Thank you for your patience."

DownDetector is now registering plenty of reported problems with the game.

"I keep getting error messages about a failure to connect to the server. The I was booted from a match and given a ban a 50-point SR reduction. Please restore my points; this was clearly a server error." one user has complained.

"Getting failed to login to server messages everytime I try to start a game. What the s**t blizzard!!!" another has posted.

One fan has posted a slightly more constructive example of the login issues facing fans, writing:

"Error starting any game mode, then "failed to connect to server" message pops up".

One EU user has enquired if the problems are linked to any sort of Overwatch Summer Games 2017 update, but, Blizzard support denied the suggestion, before then adding:

"The US/AUS ones are still being investigated. I am not sure about any ETA but you can believe me when i say 'asap'"

Stay tuned for more details

#Overwatch The login issues should now be resolved. Thank you for your patience.

The connection problems with Overwatch continue but one of the biggest problems, at least as far as we can see from those who were logged out, is that a lot of people want to know what happens when you're booted and lose SR.

According to Blizzard support account on Twitter, this isn't something they can help with and instead point people towards an old post from Jeff Kaplan - from back in September - which details why Overwatch needs to have a blanket rule for disconnects.

Kaplan said at the time:

We're really sorry you had a bad experience due to a disconnect. Personally, I hate when that happens myself so I can relate.

Unfortunately, we're in a really tricky spot with Competitive Play in regards to players leaving matches. If you read through these forums, we get a lot of complaints that players leaving matches is a huge point of frustration for our players.

There is no reliable way that we can discern if you disconnected because of a connection issue, or you forced a disconnect. Because of that, we need to treat anyone who leaves a match in the same way.

We're way more lenient in quick play. And it feels like we're generally in a good spot in Quick Play. However, in Competitive Play, if anything, we hear from our player base that we should be increasing the leaver penalties and making them more harsh.

For Season 2, we added a 10 minute delay to your first "leave" to make you aware that leaving is bad and there are in fact penalties for leaving. We also wanted to put in increasing penalties to help dissuade people who were having connection issues from repeatedly trying to reconnect to Competitive Play games. We know that sometimes the connection issues are not your fault. And that really is a shame. But also, when those moments are happening, it's not a good time to jump into a team game and subject your teammates to the mercy of an unstable internet connection.

My advice for people who are having connection issues is to play modes like the Brawl or Play vs. AI until their connection stabilizes. Again, I know this isn't the answer you want to hear, but hopefully you can understand the situation from the other side. It's very likely that someone who was on your team in that match posted in one of the many angry "leaver" threads on these forums.

Unfortunately customer support cannot assist with this. Please see this post for more info: https://t.co/EsFjGqQhgz - Hagut

Overwatch is experiencing server connection issues this morning, leaving hundreds of PC, PS4 and Xbox One gamers unable to login.

Enraged Overwatch players have flooded social media to complain about the growing issues.

Overwatch gamers are reportedly being left unable to login with multiple users also booted from matches at the same time.

Independent website Down Detector, which measures social mentions about a topic to track outages across the globe, shows problems predominantly throughout Europe.

According to the site, some 85 per cent of users are experiencing server connection issues, while around 14 per cent are having general online gaming issues.

Blizzard Support Twitter account for the EU has acknowledged the issues and said:

"#Overwatch We are currently investigating reports of login issues. Apologies for any inconvenience caused."

Equally, the Blizzard support website has also acknowledged the problem with a new support notification that reads:

"Breaking News: Game Login Issues: We are currently investigating reports of login issues affecting Overwatch. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. Please follow @BlizzardCSEU_EN on Twitter for further updates."

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